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Howard & Rockets to 'Cover' vs. Warriors

There is a very short schedule of games in the NBA tonight with only 6 teams going head to head. Let's go over the NBA betting odds for the Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors match-up.

Houston Rockets vs. Golden State
Warriors

The Warriors
host the Rockets on Thursday at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California with
the opening tip scheduled for 10:35 PM ET. According to NBA betting odds Golden
State is a 1.0 point home favorite and the early posted total is 214.0. Houston
has won 7 of the last 9-games between these teams since the beginning of the
2011-2012 campaign. These teams have seen 6 of those 9-games go under the
total. They’ve met twice this season with the Rockets winning and covering both
times.

Last Night

Both of
these teams played last night. The Rockets trounced the Lakers at the Staples
Center in Los Angeles by a score of 134-108, and easily covered the spread as a
9.0 point road favorite. The Warriors were a 101-92 winner versus the Kings at
the Arco Arena in Sacramento, and covered the number as a 5.0 point road
favorite.

Red-Hot Rockets

The Houston
Rockets picked up right where they left off before the all star break by
winning their 8th consecutive game last night. They’ve also covered
in 6 of those 8 contests. Despite last night’s high scoring game versus the
Lakers that produced 242-points, and easily went over the total of 215.5, the
Rockets have gone under the total in 7 of their last 10-games. The Rockets have
scored 106-points or more in 6 of their last 7-games. Houston enters tonight
with a very respectable 15-10 road record on the season. The Rockets are
currently 2nd in the Southwest Division with a record of 37-17, and
they trail 1st place San Antonio by just 2.5 games.

Can get Better

The Golden
State Warriors entered this season with very high expectations. Although
they’ve been anything but a disappointment, this is a club which is capable of
improving in the 2nd half of the season. The Warriors enter tonight
with a record of 32-22 while finding themselves 3rd in the Pacific
Division, 4.0 games behind the 1st place Los Angeles Clippers, and just a 1/2
game behind the 2nd place Phoenix Suns. If we’re to see that
improvement that’s expected, the Warriors must continue their solid road play
(16-12), and need to be much better at home (16-10). The Warriors get a lot of
ink for their up tempo offensive style of play led by their dynamic backcourt
of Stephen Curry (24.4 ppg) and Klay Thompson (18.3 ppg). However, their
improved defensive play has flown under the radar. The Warriors have now
allowed 92-points or less in 8 of their last 10-games. They enter tonight 4th
in the NBA holding opponents to 43.6% shooting from the field this season.

NBA Betting System

Let's consider some statistics before making our NBA picks. Any road
team that’s facing an opponent that’s playing with same season revenge stemming
from a loss in which they allowed 110-points or more, and that opponent is
playing on back-to-back days, has gone 96-48 ATS (66.7%) over the last 18
seasons.